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As global negotiations fail on emissions reductions, scientific advisers need to resist pressure to fit the facts to the failure, warns Oliver Geden.

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  1. Oliver Geden is head of the EU Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, Germany. He previously worked in the policy-planning units of two German government ministries.,
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Geden, O. Policy: Climate advisers must maintain integrity.Nature 521, 27–28 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/521027a

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